3 chat app for business

Chat is the primary way we talk to friends and family today. And increasingly, it's how work gets done. Today's best team chat apps help organize team conversations about multiple topics, search through your company archives to see if a question's already been answered, and speed up with with bots and integrations that bring apps into your chats. They've become the default way many teams talk.

Slack

Slack's the 900 pound gorilla in the room, the team chat app you've most likely heard of and tried already. Launched in mid 2013 by the team that built Flickr, it's become one of the most popular ways to chat in groups.

Google Hangouts Chat

It'll pull Google Docs files and Google Photos pictures right into your conversations. And, with its @meet bot, you'll be able to schedule meetings or lookup info from Google Drive with an intelligent assistant, right from your chat conversations.

Ryver

Ryver helps you organize those with its Posts tool. Select as many messages as you need—from you or others—then add a subject and formatted long-form message that expands on your thoughts. Ryver will group your message and the chat posts together, adding them to the Posts tab in your chat.